Overview
| Course code | WPP42 | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 12.0 hours | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $1,120.00 plus tax |
NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED VIRTUAL COURSE. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS COURSE.
This is a self-paced virtual class. Once you have registered you have 60 days to complete the course. Before you enroll, review the system requirements listed below to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course. Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course. Start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have 60 days to complete it. You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form. ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.
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Self-paced virtual courses provide the same deep technical content as our classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. You can stop and start a Self-Paced Virtual class as needed during the 60-day access period.
There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for you who require the guidance of a live instructor. In such cases, you should consider the instructor-led version of this course is : Advanced IBM Web Content Manager (WPL42)
This course is designed for developers who want to improve their development skills in IBM® Web Content Manager. It describes application programming interfaces (APIs), and explains how to extend the core product to meet common functional requirements, such as extending the authoring interface, customizing workflows, and rendering. You examine techniques for enhancing the look and feel of a site, using personalization, and integrating content into IBM Web Content Manager. The course also describes the security model, common approaches to structuring the libraries, and how to integrate search engines.
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Audience
This intermediate course is for developers that need a deeper understanding of Web Content Manager APIs and how to extend the authoring and rendering interface. It also includes foundational information about administration aspects of Web Content Manager that is useful to developers.
Prerequisites
You should have:
- Experience using Java™, JavaServer Pages (JSP), HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Attendance to Developing Websites with IBM Web content Management (WPL40) or equivalent experience
- Experience in existing workflow and security practices
Skills taught
- Explain the API and caching considerations
- Explain how to extend the authoring environment
- Explain how to use custom workflow actions to modify workflows
- Describe the components used in the presentation layer and information architecture
- Explain how and when to use rendering plug-ins
- Explain the use of techniques for enhancing the look and feel
- Explain personalization and how to use it
- Explain how to integrate external content with the Web Content Integrator
- Explain how to integrate enterprise content management using federated documents
- Explain the security model and how to use it
- Describe common ways of structuring libraries for functionality and performance
- Describe search options, including the integration of external search engines
Course outline
This course includes the following lessons:
Lesson 1: Web Content Manager Application Programming Interface
- Overview
- Cache considerations
Lesson 2: Extending the authoring environment
- APIs for the authoring environment
- Look and feel options
- Plug-in options
Lesson 3: Extending change management with custom workflows
- Custom workflow overview
Lesson 4: Overview of the presentation layer
- Overview of navigators, menus, and site areas
- Introduction to information architecture (IA) and how it relates to Web Content Manager components
- How Web Content Manager components are related
- When to use Web Content Manager components
- Overview of the portal page structure (extension of site framework)
- How the portal page structure can be used to dynamically generate navigation
Lesson 5: Enhanced rendering
- Overview of rendering options
- Enhanced menu components
- Dynamic content based on the content ID
- Rendering plug-ins
Lesson 6: Enhancing the look and feel
- Changing styles
- Theme customization (WebSphere® Portal)
- Combined WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager navigation (generated integrated breadcrumbs)
- Cascading Style Sheets (content, components, and presentation templates)
- Inline HTML style (content, components, and presentation templates)
Lesson 7: Personalization
- Overview of when to use personalization and profiling
- Performance considerations for personalization
- Best practices for personalization
Lesson 8: Integrating content with IBM Web Content Integrator
- Overview of the IBM® Web Content Integrator
- Feed format
- Issues with embedded links in feeds
Lesson 9: Integrating ECM using federated documents
- Overview of how Web Content Manager retrieves content from Enterprise Content Management (ECM) servers (federated documents)
- Overview of integration
- Security considerations (single sign-on (SSO) with WebSphere Application Server)
Lesson 10: Security
- Review of roles (user, contributor, editor, manager, administrator, delegator, and privileged user)
- Review of predefined groups (anonymous, authenticated, users and user groups, and all user groups)
- Review of the relationship between WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager security
- Review of interface for assigning access levels
- Considerations for security in applications
Lesson 11: Libraries
- Review of library options, such as setting up a common library for shared images
- Discussion of when multiple libraries are beneficial (such as library for each company division)
- Review of library performance considerations
- Review of library techniques, such as creating labels, restoring content based on labels, and disabling versus deleting a library
Lesson 12: Search
- Review of search options (out-of-the-box search; Omnifind; and third-party searches, such as Google)
- Benefits and limitations of each option
- Architecture of each option
- Integrating with custom fields
For practical, hands-on training, labs are included at the end of select lessons. To reinforce the instruction, activities or Checkpoints are included at the end of select topics within a lesson.